{"nrhp_refnum":"88002476","name":"US Post Office-Dansville","other_names":["Dansville Post Office"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Main St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dansville","county":"Livingston County","state":"NY","lat":42.55979613200003,"lon":-77.69410668799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-17","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Politics/Government","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Colonial Revival post office at 100 Main Street in the village of Dansville, Livingston County, New York, designed in 1932 and completed in July 1933. It is a brick building with limestone trim, a slate hip roof and a pedimented portico.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is a distinguished example of Colonial Revival public architecture in New York State. Unlike most post offices of the period, it was designed by a consulting architect rather than from a standardized Supervising Architect plan, allowing more design freedom. Its arcaded portico, stepped parapet, blind arches and limestone decoration are cited as sophisticated and unusual features.","narrative":"Dansville's post office, at 100 Main Street, is a brick Colonial Revival building with limestone trim and a slate hip roof. Designed in 1932 by Rochester architect Charles A. Carpenter, working as a consulting architect to the Treasury Department's Supervising Architect, it was built by Rosen & Fischel and finished in July 1933. It was one of many New York post offices authorized to relieve Depression-era unemployment. Where most post offices of the era followed standardized plans, Carpenter had some design freedom. The nine-bay facade has a pedimented portico with slender limestone piers and brick arches, a swan's-neck pediment over the door, a modillioned cornice, a stepped balustraded parapet and blind arches above the windows. Inside, the large public lobby has marble wainscot, a checkerboard marble floor, shouldered wood window surrounds and original lockboxes. The government bought the site in 1932 for $40,000 and cleared the buildings on it. The building is valued as a refined example of its style.","period_of_significance":"1932-3","architect_builder":"Charles A. Carpenter, Consulting Architect; built by Rosen & Fischel, building contractors","architectural_style":"Colonial Revival (Georgian-inspired, Neo-Georgian elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and the building is occupied; it is a federally owned post office with a modern mailing platform and rear wing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:50:44.951117-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NY/88002476.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002476/5879c3963b-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002476/5879c3963b-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Pubdog (talk)","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Dansville_Oct_09.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Pubdog (talk)</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Post_Office-Dansville_Oct_09.JPG"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"07000485","name":"Dansville Downtown Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/new-york/dansville-downtown-historic-district-07000485/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313434","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Dansville,_New_York)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7890934"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/new-york/livingston-county/us-post-office-dansville-88002476/"}